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"Why are you pointing your screwdrivers like that? They're scientific instruments, not water pistols.""Oh, the pointing again! They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?""Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?"""Timey" what? "Timey wimey"?"

IvCNuB4 wrote:The Old Doctor is Cat-Scratch ?Well that explains a lot :lol:

e_galston wrote:it wasn't really announced.. they just left the series out of the solicits for Sept, and Newsarama asked marvel

"Why are you pointing your screwdrivers like that? They're scientific instruments, not water pistols.""Oh, the pointing again! They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?""Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?"""Timey" what? "Timey wimey"?"

IvCNuB4 wrote:The Old Doctor is Cat-Scratch ?Well that explains a lot :lol:

Uncanny X-Force#4 - 47,726 -7.70%#5 - 45,673 -4.30% Ships two issues this month to make up for last months delay. Goes down 12% for the month.#6 - 42,502 -6.94%#7 - 40,386 -4.98% Ships another two issues this month. Only goes down 11.92% for the month. Drops are getting smaller.

"Why are you pointing your screwdrivers like that? They're scientific instruments, not water pistols.""Oh, the pointing again! They're screwdrivers! What are you going to do? Assemble a cabinet at them?""Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?"""Timey" what? "Timey wimey"?"

IvCNuB4 wrote:The Old Doctor is Cat-Scratch ?Well that explains a lot :lol:

Fearless Defenders#5 - 20,171 -19.26% Right back where sales were before the tie-in.#6 - 17,752 -11.99% The huge drops continue. How long before this is cancelled?#7 - 17,411 -1.92 Two issue shipped in July, hence the small drop.

Uncanny X-Force#6 - 42,502 -6.94%#7 - 40,386 -4.98% Ships another two issues this month. Only goes down 11.92% for the month. Drops are getting smaller. #8 - 37,781 -6.45%#9 - 36,978 -2.13% Ships two issues for the third consecutive month. Sales down a total of 8.58% for July.

July update with last months figures for comparison. The first post contains all of the sales figures.

Captain Marvel#14 - 19,320 -1.81%. Still in the crossover. Sales are up only 976 units, compared to before the crossover.#15 - 23,511 +21.69%. The Infinity tie-in brings a small boost in sales. Captain Marvel has not been in Marvel's solicitations for November and December.

Fearless Defenders#6 - 17,752 -11.99% The huge drops continue. How long before this is cancelled?#7 - 17,411 -1.92 Two issues shipped in July, hence the small drop.#8 - 16,653 -4.35% Sees it's smallest drop in a month.

Uncanny X-Force#8 - 37,781 -6.45%#9 - 36,978 -2.13% Ships two issues for the third consecutive month. Sales down a total of 8.58% for July.#10 - 35,329 -4.46 The first month in awhile where only one issue ships. Also sees it's smallest drop in a month.

So Marvel's getting geared up with their second wave of female comic book titles consisting of She-Hulk, Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Elektra. Will these fare any better than the first wave? Only X-Men remains out of the five titles released in the first wave. Captain Marvel, Red She-Hulk, Journey Into Mystery, and Fearless Defenders were all cancelled.

Black Widow #1 debuts with 53,879 copies sold. In comparison Fearless Defenders #1 started off with 53,688 in sales, and only lasted twelve issues.

Black Widow #2 sold 31,260 copies. After one issue the sales have already dropped 41.98%.

X-Men #9 is still holding up nicely at number 25 on the sales charts, with 49,412 copies sold.

Stephen Day wrote:Black Widow is a great series. It sucks to see that sales dropped off that badly from issue one to two.

I am in full agreement with you. The series has been terrific so far. I would hate to see it get cancelled after only 12 or so issues. Usually the drops between issues aren't that big when Marvel puts out two issues in one month.

She-Hulk debuts in the range of where the last Captain Marvel series started. That series only lasted 17 issues before it was cancelled. Ms. Marvel #1 starts off better than I expected. Those numbers aren't that far off of Black Widows first issue. We will have to wait and see how big that second issue drop is going to be. Next month we will see how much the relaunch of Captain Marvel helps with it's sales.

This second wave of female titles for Marvel seem to be doing better than the first wave. Captain Marvel debuts with higher sales than the last series, Black Widow seems to be stabilizing quickly, and Ms. Marvel has surprisingly decent sales. She-Hulk seems to be the worst performer of the bunch. I've really been enjoying all of them.